MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


WEL1310

Human services: history and structures

George Clarke

3 hours per week + First semester + Caulfield

Synopsis The history of the development of welfare services in Australia. The present pattern of the distribution of services. Changes in the attitudes underlying the provision of services - from charity to rights and from residual to developmental. The emergence of the welfare state and the subsequent retreat from it. Social policy and its application across a range of welfare issues, including unemployment, community violence and disability.

Assessment Written reports and essays (4500 words): 100%

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